From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 07:50:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CB0016A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:50:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE9143D1F for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:49:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from normal1.lists@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 58so370363wri for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:49:59 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=AdjTLb7Cv739RSCfQPJC5+kUyuCN5+vYIczbXthOfI3/IqgzdlTY9E5Ci7VtmnIODVDS2b/A8sTVmBdMMCUsx2vR9Fv+CtijPo0x3BBWmNT8h2GW3HJPYsJBdf3x010hj/LS9U5nUDYnDtTgsMDDH9jdXnvjbcfNLGdUoKHGzV4= Received: by 10.54.46.22 with SMTP id t22mr132678wrt; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:49:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.2.67 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:49:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:49:58 -0800 From: gabriel To: FreeBsdBeni In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200501242101.39573.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual booting w/ two disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gabriel List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:50:00 -0000 I reinstalled windows on the second disk, ran fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 device then ran grub-install device. After that I configured grub as such: color black/cyan yellow/cyan default 0 fallback 1 # For booting FreeBSD title FreeBSD - Unix root (hd0,a) kernel /boot/loader # For booting Windows NT or Windows95 title Windows XP map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 makeactive And voila! Cheers!! On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:09:26 -0800, gabriel wrote: > Okay cool, I'll try those when I get home. I think the main issue with > me is just finding the actual partition on the second disk to boot > windows because I dont know which is it. > > Thanks! > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:01:39 +0100, FreeBsdBeni wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:27:45 -0800, gabriel wrote: > > > > I'm trying to dual boot FreeBSD and Windows XP with two different > > > > disks, I have manged to get FreeBSD running and installed the boot > > > > manager and grub on it. > > > > > > > > When I boot into windows, I get some sort of boot loader error and it > > > > halts. > > > > > > > > Here's my menu.lst: > > > > I have Grub booting just from 1 disk, not 2, but with 4 different partitions. > > Here's my menu.lst as installed by Suse 9.2. I just moved the FreeBSD lines up > > to the first place ;-). The lines to boot FreeBSD from the Linux Grub version > > I found with a "info grub" under Suse. There is a chapter on booting other > > OS'es. But it boots Windows XP, FreeBSD and Suse without any problem here. > > > > color white/blue black/light-gray > > default 0 > > timeout 8 > > gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message > > > > ###Added by Beni ### > > title FreeBSD > > root (hd0,a) > > kernel /boot/loader > > boot > > > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### > > title SUSE LINUX 9.2 > > kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x31a selinux=0 > > splash=verbose resume=/dev/hda6 desktop elevator=as showopts > > initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd > > > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### > > title Windows XP > > root (hd0,0) > > chainloader +1 > > > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### > > title Diskette > > root (fd0) > > chainloader +1 > > > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### > > title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.2 > > kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 showopts ide=nodma apm=off > > acpi=off vga=normal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3 > > initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd > > > > -- > > FreeBsdBeni. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > gabriel, > > Member of: > FreeBSD-Announce > FreeBSD-Hardware > FreeBSD-Multimedia > FreeBSD-questions > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions